Tokyo Olympics 2021: Swimming Fans Await the Epic Showdown Between Katie Ledecky vs Ariarne Titmus

The Tokyo Olympics 2021 will start on July 23rd as the athletes are ready to take part in this prestigious event. Swimming is one of the most-watched events along with athletics because of the excitement it produces.

One such event which people look forward to is the 200 and 400-meter freestyle events. The reigning Olympic champion Katie Ledecky will go against Ariarne Titmus in the aforementioned events.

But, millions will watch the swimming competitions all over the world because of the caliber of these two simmers. The matchup proves to be an intriguing prospect, for fans all over the world.

Ledecky looks to repeat her performances from Rio 2016 to cement her legacy as the greatest.

Katie Ledecky vs Ariarne Titmus

The 20-year-old Titmus looks to dethrone Ledecky off the perch in Tokyo. Notably, the World Championships in Gwangju became the turning point for this event.

Ledecky and Titmus squared off in an exhilarating race that saw Titmus finishing first, ahead of Ledecky. She completed the race with a time of 3:58.76 in the 400-meter freestyle event.

Even though there were reports that Ledecky was ill during that event, Titmus gained all the plaudits for her determined display in the pool.

Titmus will hope to repeat the same feat heading into Tokyo Olympics 2021. Despite Ledecky still being the favorite to win the race, Ariarne will hope to improve her timings from her trails.

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The Olympic Swimming Trials for Tokyo Olympics 2021

The Australian Swimming Trials saw Titmus edging closer to Katie’s world record. She finished first and missed the world record set by Ledecky by half a second.

In the other 200-meter freestyle event, she came as close as.11 seconds of the oldest existing record in 200-meter freestyle set by Frederica Pellegrini in 2009. In addition, there are several records created during the much-aligned “super-suit” era.

But Titmus is getting closer to challenge Katie in all these events. After the race, she spoke to the media about her chances in Tokyo.

“Well, she’s not going to have it all her own way, I can’t control what she does. If I do the best I can and put myself in the position to win a gold medal, it’s going to be a tough race,” said Titmus.

The swimming competitions this time around will be tightly contested. Swimmers like Sarah Sjostrom and Simone Manuel will add glitz and glamor to the event.

But the key match-up will be the 200 and 400-meter freestyle event with Ledecky and Titmus leading the charge. Who will win the battle?

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